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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Six

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Larry Braley

Here’s update number six in my Tillage Radish cover crop experiment.  With the winter cold and occasional warm days doing its work on the radishes, the tubers are decaying and decomposing nicely. The tubers in the larger beds are still … Continue reading →

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Starting Onions from Seed

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Larry Braley

To get the gardening season started and break up the doldrums of winter, I like to get things going by starting onions from seed.  Onions can be grown from seeds, sets or plants.  Sets are generally the most popular way … Continue reading →

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What You Can Learn From the Juab County PVC Drip Irrigation System

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Larry Braley

Even though it’s still winter, it’s time to start preparing for the new garden season.  This year it appears we may experience low rainfall again like last year.  If that is the case, planning for more usage of a PVC … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Possibilities

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Larry Braley

With the New Year upon us, many of us think about new possibilities and goals for improving our homestead and making things better.  Especially as the new seed catalogs start coming in, I personally like to think about new things … Continue reading →

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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Five

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Larry Braley

Here’s update number five in my Tillage Radish cover crop experiment.  Winter is in full swing at the end of December.  The radish foliage has pretty much died completely and the tubers are starting to rot although the bigger ones are … Continue reading →

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Pig Butchering Results

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Larry Braley

The results are in and so is the meat!  This week we picked up our pork from the processor.  We got a fairly good spread for the size of our pig, and all-in-all we are very pleased. He was on the … Continue reading →

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